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SCU Alumni are eligible for free remote access to the Library databases listed below. Access is via user name and password. User name is your student number (contact the Alumni team alumni@scu.edu.au if you can't remember your student number). Your password is your date of birth, in the format ddmmyyyy.

Database Information
Annual Reviews Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society.
Credo  This database includes dictionaries and encyclopedias, useful for background information.
CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. Contains information, research and publication links.
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a growing database of academic, independently peer reviewed books with an Open Access license.
DOAJ The directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a comprehensive database of open access journals.
ProQuest A multidisciplinary set of databases providing online access to an extensive collection of journals and periodicals across a wide range of subject areas. Many articles are available in full text.
SAGE Premier SAGE Premier includes international, peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of scholarly and professional societies.
Wiley Online Library Wiley Online Library hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

To expand the range of databases available to you, you may wish to contact your State Library or get a library card from the National Library of Australia and make use of the eResources provided through this service.

The following databases are also useful.

Database Description
Factiva

Factiva is a full-text news and financial information database of publications from Australian and international sources.
Newspaper Source Newspapers from EBSCO.
Libraries Australia This online database provides access to the holdings of over 850 Australian libraries
Trove Trove brings together content from Australian libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other research and collecting organisations big and small.
Ulrichsweb Can be used to identify peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly resources.

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